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The Communication Initiative

After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. 

Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future. 

On the transfer, co-founder Victoria Martin expressed her pleasure to see this work continue under Wits' leadership, knowing that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction. 

As Wits, we honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades and look forward building from that strong base. This includes co-founders Warren Feek (1953-2024) and Victoria Martin as well as La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA), which continues independently at lainiciativadecomunicacion.com with links to The CI Global site. We are also eager to forge new partnerships and entertain new ideas as we consider how best to contribute to social and behaviour change in our rapidly evolving environment.

If you are joining the International Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Summit in Panama, please join Wits and CILA on Monday, 22 June, to share your thoughts and suggestion for the relaunch of the Communication Initiative. We will be in Pacifica 5 from 12-1:25 for the Refuel, Reflect, and Renew Lunch Series: The Communication Initiative: celebrating a driving force for Communication for Social Change and the way forward. We will reflect on the legacy of Warren Feek and family in creating the Communication Initiative, consider the contributions of CI over the years and then turn our attention towards the future in this dynamic session. 

If you are unable to join us in Panama, we still want to hear from you. Please contribute your thoughts by following this link: https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026 or reaching out to ci_surveys@commint.com. 

You can also follow the QR Code:

 https://redcap.link/CommunicationInitiative2026

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Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development

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The entire text of this publication is available to download in PDF format, divided into chapters as indicated.

Chapter 1 Building innovative 'knowledge societies' Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 2 Indicators of developing country participation in 'knowledge societies' Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 3 Innovation systems and the learning process Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 4 Strengthening the science and technology base through education and lifelong learning Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 5 The potential uses of ICTs for sustainable development Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 6 Implementing ICTs in the least developed countries Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 7 Assembling the components of national information infrastructures Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 8 National information infrastructure access - Building social and market value chains Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 9 Friend or foe? Developing countries and the international governance system Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 10 Institutional innovations for the goverance of information services Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 11 National ICT strategies for knowledge-based development Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 12 Innovative 'knowledge societies' - Consequences of ICT strategies Click here for PDF version.
Chapter 13 Tools for building 'knowledge societies' Click here for PDF version.
Annexes: 1. Acknowledgements, 2. Contributions to the Report, 3. Summary of UNCSTD Working Group Report, 4. List of tables, figures, and boxes, 5. GlossaryAnnex 6. Acronym Click here for PDF version.
Bibliography Click here for PDF version.
Index Click here for PDF version.

Publisher Oxford University Press